Free Agency Frenzy Around the League

[4merper4mer]

5 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Now he’s got Danny Dimes throwing him the rock! 🪨 
 

/s

 

 

Generally I agree on Golladay getting too much but their receiver Slayton is very underrated.

[Ann]

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1374334887201759232

 

[B-Man]

Nick Easton to visit Bengals, Texans Sammy Watkins to visit Colts, Titans and Texans interested

[Hedge]

 

 

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[Nanker]

On 3/23/2021 at 10:02 AM, B-Man said:

Nick Easton to visit Bengals, Texans Sammy Watkins to visit Colts, Titans and Texans interested

Hope those teams gave Sammy complementary Greyhound tickets. It’s a dog of a way to get around. 

[Ann]

https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1374881423623135235

 

[Mahoney]

On 3/23/2021 at 8:02 AM, Ann said:

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1374334887201759232

 

[B-Man]

FA pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney visits Browns

Mar 24, 2021

 

 

 

 

[Hedge]

 

 

[B-Man]

13 hours ago, Hedge said:

 

 

 

You might as well just put him on the injured reserve list now..........

 

 

[Boyst]

54 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

You might as well just put him on the injured reserve list now..........

 

 

There is a joke here about not finding him on the field if you're a fan because be will be injured. And he won't be found on the field by Jackson. 

 

Watkins route running was pretty poor. Surprisingly so for someone so touted. I will be curious what Roman can come up with and they do have experience together

[Ann]

The frenzy has calmed down a lot

 

[Ann]

NFL free agency’s best moves and biggest head-scratchers
 

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▪ Eleven quarterbacks have signed contracts this offseason, including eight who have switched teams, yet the Broncos have curiously not added a QB. The starter is still Drew Lock, whose 75.4 passer rating ranked 32nd out of 35 QBs last year, and their only backups are Brett Rypien and Jeff Driskel. Perhaps the Broncos were hoping to make a run at Deshaun Watson, which now has hit a major snag. One league source said he was surprised that Mitchell Trubisky signed with the Bills, because the Broncos showed interest. Jimmy Garoppolo is now potentially available, or perhaps the Broncos will show interest in Gardner Minshew, who may be on the trade block in Jacksonville.
 

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[B-Man]

Free Agents Who Can Still Help Teams 💸

Bargain-bin NFL players still available who could make an impact in 2021

[Ann]

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1376325952851042309

 

[Ann]

lol

 

[Ann]

There is more at the link..
 

Best Bargains & Worst Deals Of 2021 NFL Free Agency So Far
By Bryce Rossler, Sports Info Solutions
 

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One of the ways we can estimate the financial soundness of contracts is by comparing their average annual value (AAV) to some standardized measure of performance. We like to do that using our proprietary Total Points metric, which factors charting data into an EPA-based division of credit in order to measure the individual contribution of all 22 players.
 

More specifically, we’ll lean on Total Points Per 1,000 Snaps because 1) 1,000 snaps approximates a full season of play, and 2) it controls for differences in playing time. For brevity’s sake, ‘Total Points’ will refer to that rate-based version.
 

Players who did not meet a snaps minimum, and therefore aren’t able to be meaningfully evaluated this way, are being removed from the pool of signings. We’ll also toss out players like Mitchell Trubsisky who created non-positive value since they make the scale weird, and it’s clear enough that allocating any resources to non-contributors is questionable.
 

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Best bargains
 

CB Levi Wallace (1 year/$1.75M), Buffalo Bills
 

Wallace has been a defensive staple for Buffalo the past few years, starting all 28 regular season games he’s played in since 2019. Over that period, he’s ranked 11th among corners (min. 750 snaps) in Coverage Total Points/Snap. Thus far, 29 cornerbacks have been signed and teams have gotten about 8 Total Points Per $1M. The Bills shrewdly retained their CB2 at a bargain of 25.4 Total Points Per $1M for the 22nd-best value of free agency so far.
 

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[B-Man]

 

AFC East news: All things *Patriots free agency for Bills fans to know

by: Nick Wojton —USA Today: Bills Wire13m

 

While the Buffalo Bills haven’t been the busiest of teams in free agency, the same can’t be said about the rest of the AFC East. The Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, and certainly New England Patriot…

[Ann]

https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1377579014274039809